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Sep 24, 2016

Behind the scenes at high-tech Levi’s Stadium, where the WiFi is never more than 10 feet away

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Embedded inside Silicon Valley, appropriately, is a high-tech sports cathedral. It is wired with 12,000 physical network ports, 400 miles of fiber optic cable, 1,300 WiFi access points, 2,000 IPTV-connected televisions, ten 4K video cameras, and an accompanying smartphone app to help fans order food from their seat and track the length of bathroom lines. Welcome to Levi’s Stadium. GeekWire recently took a behind-the-scenes tour of the privately-financed $1.2 billion stadium, which has set a new bar for professional teams seeking to transform the in-person sports experience. Levi’s Stadium opened in 2014 and is now in its third year hosting the NFL’s San Francisco… Read More

Sep 08, 2016

San Francisco 49ers will grow tomatoes and eggplants on top of Levi’s Stadium

Levi’s Stadium now has the first-ever food farm atop a professional sports venue. Home to the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers, the high-tech stadium today unveiled its new vegetable and herb garden named the Faithful Farm. A rotation of nearly 40 organic crops — from tomatoes to peppers to eggplants to herbs — will be harvested at the 4,000 square-foot farm and used in dishes served at club spaces and private events at Levi’s Stadium. The Faithful Farm will produce an average of 150 pounds of produce per week, or 7,500 pounds of produce per year. “We’re proud to reinforce Levi’s Stadium as an industry… Read More